Challenging final day for St. Maarten Heineken Regatta



6:17 AM Mon 7 Mar 2011 GMT
'Day one of the 2011 St. Maarten Heineken Regatta the biggest regatta in the Caribbean.' Tom Zinn/www.OutsideImages.com ?
St. Maarten Heineken Regatta final day's report.. On a strange, squally day where it rained early and often?and in many divisions, both skill and luck, sometimes in heavy doses, played a major role in the final results?the 31st running of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta came to a close this afternoon following a single, extremely taxing point-to-point race from Marigot to Simpson Bay. Every edition of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta takes on its own personality, and Number 31 in the annual series will be remembered as a largely light-air affair. Ironically, it?s been a very windy winter on the ...


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